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Justice Evoh Chukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday withdrew from a suit instituted by a House member, Abiodun Ishaq Akinlade, seeking to compel the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal to vacate the speakership following his defection in October from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Evoh Chukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday withdrew from a suit instituted by a House member, Abiodun Ishaq Akinlade, seeking to compel the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal to vacate the speakership following his defection in October from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC).   Speaker of the House of Reps, Aminu Tambuwal ‎The plaintiff is seeking for an order court declaring that Tambuwal’s deputy, Emeka Ihedioha, should take over the speakership upon the vacation of the speaker. The matter was consequently assigned to Justice Chukwu.

Maya Rhodan @m_rhodan Dec. 1, 2014 Actor Chris Rock poses backstage during the Hollywood Film Awards in Hollywood, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2014.Danny Moloshok—Reuters “When we talk about race relations in America or racial progress, it’s all nonsense.” RECO Chris Rock has some thoughts on race relations in America: they’re a myth. In a wide-ranging cover interview with New York Magazine’s Frank Rich, the comedian and film director addressed race in the Obama era saying, “when we talk about race relations in America or racial progress, it’s all nonsense.” Rock continues, “There are no race relations. White people were crazy. Now they’re not as crazy. To say that black people have made progress would be to say they deserve what happened to them before.”

The most hotly anticipated film of the year hits the big screen on 12 December and film critic David Edwards gives us his views Warner The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies There is no shortage of magic in Peter Jackson’s epic and emotional Middle-earth masterpiece. The third and final instalment in the all-conquering series has got it all – an engrossing story, a near-overdose of thrills and spills and a cast of uniquely memorable characters. If the first two movies felt like the orchestra warming up, this is the band in full swing as we bid a touching farewell to little Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. The action begins above Lake-town as it is torched by evil dragon Smaug (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch). As the inhabitants try to flee, a brave Elf (Orlando Bloom) climbs a rickety tower, armed only with a bow and arrows, to confront the beast.

Five Sony films were illegally distributed for free, including the eagerly anticipated remake of musical Annie and the Brad Pitt war drama Fury Kim Jong-il was North Korea’s Barry Norman; a man with an unqualified passion for films; the “cinephile despot” of a regime where art never imitated life. His son, Kim Jong-un, evidently takes a different approach. It has been claimed that the house of Kim is striking back at the impertinence of Hollywood and is responsible for a cyber-attack that saw five of Sony Pictures’ most eagerly anticipated projects leaked to the internet this week. Reports today linked the free and illegal distribution of the Sony films, including the eagerly anticipated remake of musical Annieand the Brad Pitt war drama Fury, to the studio’s computers being compromised last week.

Nicole has been a huge support for Lewis over the last few weeks, so it was only fair he should return the favour Cuties Nicole Scherzinger and Lewis Hamilton made the perfect couple on the British Fashion Awards red carpet last night. The adorable couple only had eyes for each other as they posed together in London, piling on the glamour and a touch of PDA here, there and everywhere. Brunette beauty Nicole dazzled in a sheer silver floral dress, showing off serious cleavage and her slim frame perfectly. Glowing as she held on to her man, the star was among the best dressed on the night, and flashed a whole lot of leg in the skimpy number.

The stars turned out for the glitzy event in their finery and the guest-list including some of the biggest names in pop and fashion Here come the girls! Rihanna loves to shock and we weren't even expecting to see her at the British Fashion Awards tonight - especially not dressed like this. So imagine our delight when she rocked up on the red carpet for the event at the London Coliseum wearing JUST a black blazer, oh, and a pair of tights and heels. It seems pretty much everyone who attended the bash this evening chose either black, white, or both when it came to their glamorous attire. The superstar, who is set to drop her new album soon, flashed a lot of flesh in the revealing outfit and had her fierce pout ready for the paps as she leg-bombed and showed off her shapely pins.

THE reality star spread the love among the troops as she stopped for selfies, blew kisses everywhere, and posed her heart out. Follow 580k   likes 5.3k   comments Kim Kardashian can never resist a selfie moment - and what better time than with the troops onboard a US aircraft carrier in Abu Dhabi? The reality star had her phone, pout and skintight trousers at the ready as she toured the USS San Diego ahead of Thanksgiving last week - and they all look overjoyed to meet her. Wearing her tightest trousers imaginable and a khaki tied shirt, the star smiled and pouted her heart out with the servicemen and women, even giving one lucky chap a kiss on the cheek.

The Liverpool striker reposted an image of cartoon character Super Mario alongside the phrase "jumps like a black man and grabs coins like a jew" John Powell Controversy: Balotelli immediately deleted his post Mario Balotelli risks FA action and even a ban, after his attempt at an anti-racist message via social media went badly wrong. The Liverpool striker posted – and then swiftly deleted – a link on twitter to his Instagram page, in which he recycled an old meme which projects an anti-racist message using the image of computer game character Super Mario. The picture carries the message that Super Mario has characteristics of many different races, but at the bottom of the image, the extra lines “jumps like a black man and grabs coins like a Jew” has been added.

The former Spice Girl was in floods of tears as she accepted the Brand of the Year Award and thanks her husband the British public Victoria Beckham with her award Victoria Beckham was in tears tonight as she was handed the prize for Brand of the Year at the British Fashion Awards 2014. The fashion designer, who was supported at the event at London's Coliseum by her husband David, 39, couldn't contain her emotional as she cried and thanked her other half, business partner Simon Fuller AND her fellow former Spice Girls after pursuing her fashion dream following the band's split. As she went to pick up her award for her fashion empire, she told guests: "We've come a long way since the Spice Girl dressing room days." She also confessed that she could be a "right pain in the butt" and didn't understand how Geri Halliwell, Mel B, Mel C and Emma Bunton could be so supportive.

Avatar, an entertainment company that signed singer Oritsefemi Majemite Ekele, presented him with a brand new Range Rover Evogue. His friend, D'Banj was there during the presentation which held on Sunday November 30th at Blowfish Hotel, Victoria Island. Evoque The entertainment company gave the SUV to welcome the Double Wahala singer into their company. Congrats to him. See more photos below

According to a statement released from the US Embassy in Abuja on Monday, the Federal Government has terminated an agreement it had with the US for American security officials to train a Nigerian Army Battalion,

Gunmen in Kenya this morning Dec 2nd attacked a quarry at Mandera town in North Kenya, killing 36 Christians. According to multiple eye witnesses, the gunmen stormed the place, ordered all the non-Muslims, about 36 of them, to step away from the Muslims and then shot them all dead. One witness told Reuters that four of the victims had been beheaded. According to local media reports, the unknown gunmen suspected to be members of the Somalia based al-Shabab group that killed 28 people in an attack on a bus targeting non-Muslims in the same area last week, attacked the quarry workers very early this morning while they were sleeping.

Arsenal Legend Ian Wright recently revealed that he wanted to be a stormtrooper in a star wars movie but he got rejected because he was too short. Ian Wright talked about his failed attempt to start an acting career on the 5 live radio show saying ‘I wanted to be a stormtrooper in Star Wars but you have to be 5 foot 11 inches and I was too short. Two of my friends got to do it.’ Star Wars are set to release another installation of the franchise titled The Force Awakens in December and we would not be seeing Wright in it. Ian Wright held the scoring record for Arsenal until 2006 when it was broken by Henry. Ian Wright is also the Father of Bradley and Shawn Wright-Phillips

56 year old Madonna frees the nipple for Interview Magazine. The iconic artist and female toplessness advocate has made it clear that she is against the banning and censoring of nipples especially on Instagram. In the magazine’s new art issue, Madge was shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott for three covers.

Barely 24 hours after suspected members of Boko Haram detonated two bombs at the Maiduguri Monday market killing more than 10 people, the sect members launched another attack on Konduga village in Borno state. The attack started in the early hours of today Dec 2nd. The sect members had tried to invade this particular village in September but the Nigerian military had stopped them, killing 150 of their members. Konduga is about 35km away from Maiduguri, the state capital.

Mr. Raw is now a father! The rapper, formerly known as Nigga Raw, and his wife welcomed the baby on the 27th of November The baby was delivered at a US hospital and has been named Chizaram Ekpere. The rapper wrote on his Facebook: